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| igpay |
 Posted: 04/26/2008 17:56 PM Post subject: .5 inch ball bearings? |
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Has anyone used these as ammo?
I have some from an old Magnetix set. They're apparently steel. I cant seem to find them anywhere else on the interwebs. |
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| SpudFarm |
| Posted: 04/26/2008 18:11 PM Post subject: |
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Hybrid Guy
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i have used them..
i used those from "geomag" |
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| Brian the brain |
| Posted: 04/27/2008 15:13 PM Post subject: |
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Those are steel and yes, people have used them.I've put one trough a guitar myself.
Just get the cheapest magnet toy set you can find.
Great ammo! |
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| bigbob12345 |
| Posted: 04/27/2008 15:17 PM Post subject: |
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Experienced n00b
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Ive done it too
Gives nice damage |
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| hyldgaard |
| Posted: 04/27/2008 15:36 PM Post subject: |
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a lot of people use them as ammo because of their consistency and general "toughness". Ebay is a great source for cheap ball bearings  |
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| jimmy101 |
| Posted: 04/27/2008 15:51 PM Post subject: |
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I've got a bunch of 7/16" stainless steel and chrome steel ones. The chrome ones were really cheap.
McMaster part number 96455K56, 100/$8
edit: can't spell for crap |
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| Gippeto |
| Posted: 04/27/2008 23:22 PM Post subject: |
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I save the old ones when I rebuild chemical injection pumps. Mostly 1/4" and 3/8" , but I do get some 1/2". (316 stainless)
They work VERY well in my copper gun.  |
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| THUNDERLORD |
| Posted: 04/28/2008 1:40 AM Post subject: |
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A source for something similar would be to get a bag of buckshot for reloading loading shotgun shells.
It's got to be cheaper than ball bearings. I haven't checked into it for all the info, but steel shot has become popular or copper plated lead shot also(the .32 diameter ones look like giant bb's)
The little birdshots don't look very uniform though. But that's what some bbmg's at the carnivals shoot (course they're not accurate)
BTW one time while walking outside I almost slipped on what felt just like ice and when I looked at the ground (pavement) it was covered with little steel ball bearings and was slicker than ice!!! |
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| ajdevi92 |
| Posted: 04/28/2008 2:00 AM Post subject: |
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| you did pick them all up didnt you ??? lol free ballbs yay !! |
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| THUNDERLORD |
| Posted: 04/28/2008 14:30 PM Post subject: |
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| ajdevi92 wrote: | | you did pick them all up didnt you ??? lol free ballbs yay !! |
No, I would have needed a magnet or vacuum, they were tiny like smallest birdshot size (sometimes called "dust").
And they were on asphalt and still slicker than ice to walk on.
They were in the parking lot/loading dock of a hospital.
Maybe they fell out of a machine or something. |
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| SpudFarm |
| Posted: 04/28/2008 14:44 PM Post subject: |
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| THUNDERLORD wrote: | | ajdevi92 wrote: | | you did pick them all up didnt you ??? lol free ballbs yay !! |
No, I would have needed a magnet or vacuum, they were tiny like smallest birdshot size (sometimes called "dust").
And they were on asphalt and still slicker than ice to walk on.
They were in the parking lot/loading dock of a hospital.
Maybe they fell out of a machine or something. |
or someone had a plan with those bearings  |
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| ajdevi92 |
| Posted: 04/30/2008 0:24 AM Post subject: |
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| or they had already been used, lol |
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| jackssmirkingrevenge |
| Posted: 04/30/2008 0:28 AM Post subject: |
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Some damage pics using a saboted 0.5" steel bearing:
Standard issue laboratory safety glasses...
...and the 1" thick pine board that was behind them. This was the entry hole.
Exit hole |
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| MrCrowley |
| Posted: 04/30/2008 0:32 AM Post subject: |
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| jackssmirkingrevenge wrote: | Some damage pics using a saboted 0.5" steel bearing:
Standard issue laboratory safety glasses... |
Clearly those safety glasses aren't rated for operation of pneumatic weapons  |
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| jackssmirkingrevenge |
| Posted: 04/30/2008 0:37 AM Post subject: |
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space monkey
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| Quote: | | Clearly those safety glasses aren't rated for operation of pneumatic weapons |
Indeed They're pretty tough though, they can take a 12 ft/lb 0.22 or 0.177 airgun pellet without shattering, and apparently birdshot from a 12 gauge won't even penetrate it. |
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